Faculty Position - Coordinator of Simulation and Clinical Skills, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University

The Coordinator of Simulation and Clinical Skills will be responsible for coordinating all clinical skills and simulation activities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, ensuring the proper utilization of simulation lab space. This position will implement an efficient system for day to day program operations, maintaining readiness of simulation lab areas; determining equipment needs; and maintaining an inventory of supplies. Additionally, this position will provide nursing students (at all levels) with direct instruction in the skills laboratory and simulation setting, working in conjunction with faculty whose courses relate to clinical skills and simulation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Coordinates all clinical skills and simulation activities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, serving as logistical coordinator to assure proper utilization of space.

Maintains readiness of lab areas for students to engage in clinical skill practice and simulation through targeted setup and securing equipment/supplies to match intended learning activities.

Instructs support staff regarding preparation of the area.

Implements an efficient system for day-to-day program operations: Determines equipment needs for requested learning sessions and maintains an inventory of supplies through proactive inventory assessment and ordering.

Participates in teaching and employing standardized principles of simulation to the faculty and students.

Participates in planning and evaluation meetings with teaching faculty pre-term and post-term for scheduled courses related to clinical skills and simulation.

Participates in assessing Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement of all simulation programs.

Provides direct instruction in the skills laboratory and simulation setting for all level of nursing students. Participates in remediation of student skillsrsquo; performance across programs.

Maintains awareness of relevant changes in clinical practice to assure best-practice principles are followed in simulation areas.

Serves as a professional role model for students, maintaining open channels of communication with students, course faculty, and staff.

Attends relevant meetings to ensure continuity with programmatic initiatives.

Participates with Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (JCIPE).

Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

Earned doctorate in nursing or an appropriate discipline from an accredited institution

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION:

Licensure to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Academic appointment at the rank of Clinical Instructor (at a minimum) in a collegiate nursing program

Evidence of experience and engagement with skills labs/simulation experiences

Evidence of progressive academic responsibilities

Evidence of effective teaching

Evidence of ongoing clinical competency

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
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• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

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